Osprey Monitoring & Sightings
Where are Osprey Nesting?
For more than 15 years, Greenbelt has been dedicated to Osprey conservation through the construction and maintenance of nesting platforms, data collection, public education, and collaborative research efforts aimed at protecting this once endangered species. Volunteers submit their sightings online, and the most recent sightings are displayed in real-time.
Osprey Sighting Form
Help track Osprey behavior north of Boston by submitting your observations using our easy-to-use online reporting form.
Osprey Sightings Archive Search
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-11A - Paine Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-27
3 PM to 4:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 88 degrees F Winds SW 12-15 mph 20% cloud covera
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-09A - Broad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-27
3 PM to 4:30 PM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 88 degrees F Winds SW 12-15 mph 20% cloud covera
Other Activity: 2 adults flying overhead
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Christopher Rogers
Nest Name:
GLO-03 - Farm Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-27
2:25 PM to 2:35 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Clear skies, 85 degrees, 15 MPH winds
Other Activity: None
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: Just came form GLO2. I have yet to see more than 2 Osprey in the Marsh that includes GLO2. This nest was empty as I suspected as I had just come from GLO2 where I observed The pair. I feel confident we have a GLO2/3 pair of Osprey who like 2020 appear very devoted to each other and like 2020 may not have been successful breeders
Name: Christopher Rogers
Nest Name:
GLO-02 - Wingarsheek Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-27
2:00 PM to 2:15 PM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0o
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 85 degrees, sunny, moderate wind
Other Activity: Pair perched on rim of nest
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: No incubation or nestling care observed. I can see GLO3 from this site and saw no osprey on GLO3. I visited GLO3 and conformed the nest was not occupied. I believe we have one pair sharing time between both nests and as was the case in 2020 were likely unsuccessful breeding this year. I will keep watching.
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-26
12:10 PM to 12:25 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 83F, 72%humidity, 11 MPH winds, mostly sunny, high tide
Other Activity: OSPR1 perched while OSPR2 mainly fed itself, but seemed to share with the nestlings, too.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
SLM-01 - Salem Harbor Channel Marker G3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-26
09:40 AM to 11:00 AM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80F, SW 12mph, mostly cloudy
Other Activity: Adult remained perched, 2 young were visible initially then went below. Some time later two were visible again and one expanded its wings.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: James C Roy
Nest Name:
NEW-04 - Pine Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-26
06:30 AM to 02:00 PM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: sunny, hot
Other Activity: 2. chicks look fully grown; going to fly soon. They are standing on nest edge
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Albert Levesque
Nest Name:
MAR-02 - Great Aquivitae Daymarker
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-26
01:00 PM to 02:50 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80F, SW 12mph, mostly cloudy
Other Activity: Female was perched, young were up and down. Male arrived twice and left. One of the times he picked at something and nibbled and fed some to one of the young but they all settled down soon after and he left.
Observation Method: on foot by scope
General Comments:
Name: Stephen Saxe
Nest Name:
MAR-01 - Forest River Park Channel Marker R2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-26
4:30 PM to 4:45 PM
at: Marblehead
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Warm and sunny
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Vehicle
General Comments:
Name: Robyn Lafata
Nest Name:
GLO-04A - Annisquam River Platform #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-06-26
10:03 AM to 10:30 AM
at: Gloucester
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 degrees, himid , light breeze, sunny
Other Activity: Female was on the nest, male was flying above, she was calling to him. He never came back down .
Observation Method: vehicle
General Comments: